[SaltergateBorn]

Yes, I agree; obviously, if there are 4 or 5 clubs competing for a particular player, that helps drive up his value. Unfortunately, it`s also a fact that in the last year of a player`s contract his value drops off the proverbial cliff. That`s why Hull were prepared to pay what they did for Clucas; because he still had 2 years left on his contract.

As has already been said on this thread, the situation with Morsy is more or less the same as Darikwa - and don`t forget there were two clubs after him. We don`t HAVE to sell, I agree, but the club will have the decision to make as to whether we sell now and get decent money for him (probably about the same as for Darikwa or maybe a bit less), sell in January for less still or wait until the end of the season and see him go for nowt. A difficult one, but it`s one the club is going to have to make. At least we seem now to have a couple of players who could do his job in midfield, which we didn`t a few weeks ago.

I`ve always thought since the first time I saw him play that SM was a very talented player who could play at a higher level and I think so even more now that he seems to have matured and curbed his temper; he seems to be a lot less easy to provoke than he was 12 months ago. He could certainly play at Champ level for a bigger club than us and one that could pay him a lot more - and if the chance comes, he`d be crazy not to take it. As the saying goes, a pro footballer is only one bad tackle away from the end of his career and they have families to raise and mortgages to pay just like the rest of us. I`d love to see him sign a new contract but sadly I don`t think he will.

I would, however, be delighted to be proved wrong - again!